The Alice Network The Alice Network

The Alice Network

A Novel

    • 4.5 • 5.6K Ratings
    • $15.99

Publisher Description

Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER

#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLER

One of NPR's Best Books of the Year!

One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!

Reese Witherspoon Book Club Summer Reading Pick!

The Girly Book Club Book of the Year!

A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBub

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.

1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.

1915. A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. Sent into enemy-occupied France, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy's nose.

Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth...no matter where it leads.

“Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and sacrifice. Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book!”—Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
June 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
William Morrow Paperbacks
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
3
MB

Customer Reviews

YayaNetski ,

Alice Network

This book started a bit slow I was not drawn to reading it every day/night until midway. The fascinating story came together with Eve as she recalled her life as a spy for England in WWI . Charlie (Charlotte) the young protagonist began to “evolve” and became a much stronger character at that time also. Finn was the much needed stability for these two strong willed independent ladies. Lili was inspirational and based on an actual person. Rene supplied the human example of the treacherous aspect of war. It was well written and well worth reading .

tputpbol ,

Amateur

I quit reading a quarter of the way in when the author used the word "ghosted" in a WWI story. That is a recent term that never would have been used back then, plus little abbreviations here and there that are all the rage in 2025. I felt like I'd abruptly had a door slammed in my face in the jolt back to modern day, something very unwanted when I sit down to read a WWI story. I thought the Reese's Book Club award was a reassurance of a well-written book; not so for me.

nicp14 ,

Wow!

A powerful story based on real people and events. You’ll be cheering for these women the whole time and feel their pain and successes as your own. The ending had me in tears. Beautifully written book.

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